Since the early twentieth century, both moral perspectives and changing perceptions of the disease model of alcoholism and addiction have significantlty influenced the formulation of US domestic policy on drugs and alcohol. Some fluctuations hav[...]

The nonmedical use of prescribed controlled substances has become a major public health problem. This article reviews the extent of prescription drug abuse reflected in drug overdose deaths, youth drug use and drug-impaired driving. Efforts to r[...]

Compelling clinical evidence establishes that buprenorphine is similar to methadone in efficacy for opiate detoxification and maintenance but safer than methadone in an overdose situation. The Drug Abuse Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000) enabled[...]